Kinda surprised how many of the Xena videos in my collection aren’t even about Xena or Gabrielle. But like side/season regulars/recurring characters/guest stars.
But they do seem to all be Amazons so that’s probably why. Because I really love the AMAZON episodes. I kind of wish they had spent more time on them tbh. But then that would have taken away from the love story. Because let’s be honest, Gabrielle chose Xena.
Gabrielle had so many different paths she could have taken. So many places she could have stayed. She could have stayed home. Perdicus could have lived and she could have stayed with him. She could have stayed with the Amazons as their Queen. But every single time she chose to stay with Xena. Always Xena.
GABRIELLE: “Xena’s path is my path.”
So the show did its best to represent The Amazons for what they were but they couldn’t really do that if Gabrielle would continually choose Xena and the story of the show was so fully focused on their relationship and the ever-evolving love and devotion to each other.
Xena is a love story and in a love story you choose your love over all else. It’s not an Amazon story. But it tries.
And that’s all that I could ever ask for because I want the love story so much more than the Amazon story.